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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dennis Allen Davison.

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DENNIS ALLEN DAVISON

Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy

June 24, 1936 – February 25, 1971

Service record

Dennis Allen Davison, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 25, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4W · Line 4

Position of Panel 4W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
June 24, 1936
Home of record
San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 25, 1971
Age
34
Province
Vinh Binh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 4W, Line 4

From San Antonio

All 287 names from San Antonio →

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.